Comments jantos has made

  • re: a different perspective

    EmeraldCloud: You're right... until enough Freddies of the world decide to take the ferry or train, in which case the transit authority might add another trip in the next scheduling go-round.  In that sense, the marginal impact might be higher than zero - it depends on what everyone else does.

    Oh no, I've gone cross-eyed.

    P.S. Nice work Sightline!On Umbra on commuting choices posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago 5 Responses

  • Great! But... what's a corporate traveler to do?

    This was a great article, but as an employee of a larger company, I don't have a whole lot of choices when I travel for business.  Basically, I have to choose whatever the company's travel service website gives me, and mostly in urban locations.  What should I choose? Are certain chains better than others?

    Justin
    Washington, DCOn Umbra on green hotels posted 2 years ago 5 Responses

  • Fireworks in the grand scheme of things

    As bad as fireworks themselves may be, how do their explosion-related emissions stack up against the emissions caused when all the spectators drive cars from home to the fireworks display?On Umbra on fireworks posted 2 years, 4 months ago 11 Responses

  • Biking is Green!

    "I think because people ride their bike they automatically assume they are Earth-"friendlier" than others."

    Sure, two sets of bike tires a year seems like a lot of petroleum products - but how much petrolem products are you NOT burning from a gas tank?  In rough numbers: driving a 25-MPG car 15,000 miles in a year consumes 3,600 pounds of gas and generates 12,000 pounds of carbon dioxide.  A few pounds for bike tires is a drop in the bucket.

    Keep pedaling!On Umbra on bicycle tires posted 2 years, 7 months ago 11 Responses

  • beer...

    Don't forget organic beers too!  I'm partial to Wolaver's, but I think one of the big breweries (Anheuser-Busch?) recently came out with one too.On Umbra on organic liquors posted 2 years, 8 months ago 5 Responses